Surgical repair of congenital mitral valve malformations in infancy and childhood: A single-center 36-year experience Giovanni Stellin, MD, Massimo A. Padalino, MD, PhD, Vladimiro L. Vida, MD, PhD, Giovanna Boccuzzo, MPH, Emanuele Orrù, MD, Roberta Biffanti, MD, Ornella Milanesi, MD, Alessandro Mazzucco, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 140, Issue 6, Pages 1238-1244 (December 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.016 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier analysis shows that overall survival is 75% at 36 years. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 1238-1244DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.016) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan–Meier analysis shows that freedom from reoperation on the mitral valve is 77% at 36 years. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 1238-1244DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.016) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan–Meier analysis shows that survival estimates for patients with mitral stenosis are significantly lower than for patients with mitral regurgitation (P = .021; OR, 4.698). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 140, 1238-1244DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.05.016) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions